Just looking at the board and social media sites you see more and more about pitchers with injuries. These girls work hard and push themselves to their limit.
We visited our Othro a few weeks back, he is a nationally recognized Doctor who treats athletes exclusively. He shared that the future of his practice is injury prevention. As it relates to pitching he spent time looking into the motion and is convinced that our pitchers need to over work their opposing side of the body to prevent injury. Right handed pitchers need to dedicate more time to their left side to create balance. I asked him about multi sport athletes and he shared his point of view that no matter how many sports a child plays if they pitch they will most likely have an imbalance due to the repetitive nature of the motion. He recommended pitching from the left side for 15 minutes after each session. In addition he recommended that pitchers stay lazer focused on hamstrings and insuring that they are not tight on landing leg. His point was hamstrings control the pelvis and once tight they will create a pelvic imbalance that causes all sorts of back issues.
He will be sharing more info with me soon and I will post.
Just some food for thought and mostly common sense.
We visited our Othro a few weeks back, he is a nationally recognized Doctor who treats athletes exclusively. He shared that the future of his practice is injury prevention. As it relates to pitching he spent time looking into the motion and is convinced that our pitchers need to over work their opposing side of the body to prevent injury. Right handed pitchers need to dedicate more time to their left side to create balance. I asked him about multi sport athletes and he shared his point of view that no matter how many sports a child plays if they pitch they will most likely have an imbalance due to the repetitive nature of the motion. He recommended pitching from the left side for 15 minutes after each session. In addition he recommended that pitchers stay lazer focused on hamstrings and insuring that they are not tight on landing leg. His point was hamstrings control the pelvis and once tight they will create a pelvic imbalance that causes all sorts of back issues.
He will be sharing more info with me soon and I will post.
Just some food for thought and mostly common sense.
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